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B737-300 captain reports baggage holding boarded bags into forward pit after both engines were running at idle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 712724 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 712724 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Late passenger bags led up to the event. During pushback at night we were cleared to start both engines. After setting parking brake after pushback; and after #2 engine was started; we noticed the forward cargo door light come on. We then noticed a baggage handler in the vicinity of the nose on the right side of the aircraft. I asked the tug driver about it and he reported that a bag handler had loaded a late bag into the forward pit after the tug driver had told him not to do so. So the bag was loaded into the forward pit without our knowledge; and while the #2 engine was running at idle. The outcome of the event was that I notified the tug driver to notify the bag handler that I would be reporting the event. The human factors involved were either lack of communication between the tug driver and the bag handler; or a disregard of communication if it did take place.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 CAPT RPTS BAGGAGE HOLDING BOARDED BAGS INTO FORWARD PIT AFTER BOTH ENGS WERE RUNNING AT IDLE.
Narrative: LATE PAX BAGS LED UP TO THE EVENT. DURING PUSHBACK AT NIGHT WE WERE CLRED TO START BOTH ENGS. AFTER SETTING PARKING BRAKE AFTER PUSHBACK; AND AFTER #2 ENG WAS STARTED; WE NOTICED THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR LIGHT COME ON. WE THEN NOTICED A BAGGAGE HANDLER IN THE VICINITY OF THE NOSE ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. I ASKED THE TUG DRIVER ABOUT IT AND HE RPTED THAT A BAG HANDLER HAD LOADED A LATE BAG INTO THE FORWARD PIT AFTER THE TUG DRIVER HAD TOLD HIM NOT TO DO SO. SO THE BAG WAS LOADED INTO THE FORWARD PIT WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE; AND WHILE THE #2 ENG WAS RUNNING AT IDLE. THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENT WAS THAT I NOTIFIED THE TUG DRIVER TO NOTIFY THE BAG HANDLER THAT I WOULD BE RPTING THE EVENT. THE HUMAN FACTORS INVOLVED WERE EITHER LACK OF COM BTWN THE TUG DRIVER AND THE BAG HANDLER; OR A DISREGARD OF COM IF IT DID TAKE PLACE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.